Bilingual Education and Minority Language Maintenance in China
Title | Bilingual Education and Minority Language Maintenance in China PDF eBook |
Author | Lubei Zhang |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 165 |
Release | 2019-01-10 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 3030034542 |
This book looks closely at Yi bilingual education practice in the southwest of China from an educationalist’s perspective and, in doing so, provides an insight toward our understanding of minority language maintenance and bilingual education implementation in China. The book provides an overview on the Yi people since 1949, their history, society, culture, customs and languages. Adopting the theory of language ecology, data was collected among different Yi groups and case studies were focused on Yi bilingual schools. By looking into the application of the Chinese government’s multilingual language and education policy over the last 30 years with its underlying language ideology and practices the book reveals the de facto language policy by analyzing the language management at school level, the linguistic landscape around the Yi community, as well as the language attitude and cultural identities held by present Yi students, teachers and parents. The book is relevant for anyone looking to more deeply understand bilingual education and language maintenance in today’s global context.
Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages
Title | Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Willem Fase |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027241015 |
The papers in this volume describe a wide variety of language contact settings in which one or more languages are in a process of shift. In the first part of the book theoretical perspectives are presented, followed by linguistic, sociological and descriptive studies of languages and countries that have attracted the interest of researchers before, as well as less well known examples. Data are presented from: the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Israel, The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Morocco, Finland, Malaysia, Germany, USA, Ireland, India, Tanzania and Australia.
Ethnic Minority Languages in China
Title | Ethnic Minority Languages in China PDF eBook |
Author | Qingsheng Zhou |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2020-09-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1501511513 |
This book describes and analyzes the situation of minority languages in China.
Bilingual Education in China
Title | Bilingual Education in China PDF eBook |
Author | Anwei Feng |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1853599913 |
This volume brings a mixed group of researchers together to discuss issues in bilingual or trilingual education for the majority and minority nationality groups in China and to explore the relationship between the two.
China's Assimilationist Language Policy
Title | China's Assimilationist Language Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Gulbahar H. Beckett |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2013-06-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1136638075 |
China has huge ethnic minorities – over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China’s policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language policy in the education system, including in higher education, and provides detailed case studies of how particular ethnic minorities are being affected by the integrationist, or assimilationist, approach.
Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
Title | Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China PDF eBook |
Author | L. Tsung |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2015-12-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0230234402 |
The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China.
Minority Education in China
Title | Minority Education in China PDF eBook |
Author | James Leibold |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
Pages | 427 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9888208136 |
China has been ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. This volume recasts the pedagogical and policy challenges of minority education in China in the light of the state's efforts to balance unity and diversity. It brings together leading experts including both critical voices writing from outside China and those working inside China's educational system. The essays explore different aspects of ethnic minority education in China: the challenges associated with bilingual and trilingual education in Xinjiang and Tibet; Han Chinese reactions to preferential minority education; the ro.